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{{nihongo|'''Heita Kawakatsu'''|川勝 平太|Kawakatsu Heita|extra=born 16 August 1948}} has been the governor of [[Shizuoka Prefecture]] <ref>{{Cite web|title=静岡県／ようこそ知事室へ|url=http://www.pref.shizuoka.jp/governor/index.html |access-date=2021-06-20|website=www.pref.shizuoka.jp}}</ref>since 2009 and is currently serving his fourth term. He completed his D.Phil at [[Wolfson College, Oxford|wolfson college, Oxford]], under Professor [[Peter Mathias]] and was Professor of [[Economics history|Economics History]] of [[Waseda University]], [[Tokyo]]. He was also Professor of Economics History and Vice Director of the [[International Research Center for Japanese Studies|International Research Centre for Japanese Studies]] in [[Kyoto]] and President at [[Shizuoka University of Art and Culture|Shizuoka University of Arts and culture]]. <ref>{{Cite web|title=静岡県／プロフィール【ようこそ知事室へ】|url=http://www.pref.shizuoka.jp/governor/profile.html |access-date=2021-06-20|website=www.pref.shizuoka.jp}}</ref>He is co-editor of many studies including ''Intra-Asian Trade and Industrialization'' and ''The Evolving Structure of the East Asian Economic System since 1700,'' both published by Routledge.
{{nihongo|'''Heita Kawakatsu'''|川勝 平太|Kawakatsu Heita|extra=born 16 August 1948}} has been the governor of [[Shizuoka Prefecture]] <ref>{{Cite web|title=静岡県／ようこそ知事室へ|url=http://www.pref.shizuoka.jp/governor/index.html |access-date=2021-06-20|website=www.pref.shizuoka.jp}}</ref>since 2009 and is currently serving his fourth term. He completed his D.Phil at [[Wolfson College, Oxford|wolfson college, Oxford]], under Professor [[Peter Mathias]] and was Professor of [[Economics history|Economics History]] at [[Waseda University]], [[Tokyo]]. He was also Professor of Economics History and Vice Director of the [[International Research Center for Japanese Studies|International Research Centre for Japanese Studies]] in [[Kyoto]] and President at [[Shizuoka University of Art and Culture|Shizuoka University of Arts and culture]]. <ref>{{Cite web|title=静岡県／プロフィール【ようこそ知事室へ】|url=http://www.pref.shizuoka.jp/governor/profile.html |access-date=2021-06-20|website=www.pref.shizuoka.jp}}</ref>He is co-editor of many studies including ''Intra-Asian Trade and Industrialization'' and ''The Evolving Structure of the East Asian Economic System since 1700,'' both published by Routledge.


He is opposed to the plan of [[Chūō Shinkansen#The Ōi River issue|Tokyo-Nagoya MagLev route]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Japan maglev critic reelected in Shizuoka, claiming green mandate|url=https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Japan-maglev-critic-reelected-in-Shizuoka-claiming-green-mandate |access-date=2021-06-21|website=Nikkei Asia|language=en-GB |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211203112704/https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Japan-maglev-critic-reelected-in-Shizuoka-claiming-green-mandate |archive-date=3 December 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> in terms of ecological system and water supply.
He is opposed to the plan of [[Chūō Shinkansen#The Ōi River issue|Tokyo-Nagoya MagLev route]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Japan maglev critic reelected in Shizuoka, claiming green mandate|url=https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Japan-maglev-critic-reelected-in-Shizuoka-claiming-green-mandate |access-date=2021-06-21|website=Nikkei Asia|language=en-GB |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211203112704/https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Japan-maglev-critic-reelected-in-Shizuoka-claiming-green-mandate |archive-date=3 December 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> in terms of ecological system and water supply.

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Heita Kawakatsu
川勝 平太
Official portrait
Governor of Shizuoka Prefecture
Incumbent
Assumed office
7 July 2009
Preceded byYoshinobu Ishikawa
Personal details
Born (1948-08-16) 16 August 1948 (age 76)
Osaka, Japan
Political partyIndependent
Alma materWaseda University
University of Oxford

Heita Kawakatsu (川勝 平太, Kawakatsu Heita, born 16 August 1948) has been the governor of Shizuoka Prefecture [1]since 2009 and is currently serving his fourth term. He completed his D.Phil at wolfson college, Oxford, under Professor Peter Mathias and was Professor of Economics History at Waseda University, Tokyo. He was also Professor of Economics History and Vice Director of the International Research Centre for Japanese Studies in Kyoto and President at Shizuoka University of Arts and culture. [2]He is co-editor of many studies including Intra-Asian Trade and Industrialization and The Evolving Structure of the East Asian Economic System since 1700, both published by Routledge.

He is opposed to the plan of Tokyo-Nagoya MagLev route[3] in terms of ecological system and water supply.

Career

A former economic historian, Kawakatsu was a professor at the International Research Center for Japanese Studies in Kyoto from 1998 to 2007.[citation needed] Kawakatsu's research on "civilization theory" has been critiqued by historians such as Tessa Morris-Suzuki.[4] Kawakatsu has written numerous books in the Nihonjinron genre of Japanese cultural studies.

References

  1. ^ "静岡県／ようこそ知事室へ". www.pref.shizuoka.jp. Retrieved 2021-06-20.
  2. ^ "静岡県／プロフィール【ようこそ知事室へ】". www.pref.shizuoka.jp. Retrieved 2021-06-20.
  3. ^ "Japan maglev critic reelected in Shizuoka, claiming green mandate". Nikkei Asia. Archived from the original on 3 December 2021. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
  4. ^ "Re-inventing Japan: Nation, Culture, Identity". Routledge & CRC Press. p. 145-149. Retrieved 2021-06-20.


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